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Peter H Baxendale

Professor of Mathematics

Contact Information
E-mail: baxendal@math.usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3789
Office: KAP 424B

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
Faculty Profile on Departmental Website
 

Education
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Warwick, England, 6/1974
M.S. Mathematics, University of Warwick, England, 9/1970
B.A. Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 6/1969
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California, 08/01/1988-  
Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Florida, 08/01/1987-08/01/1988  
Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 09/01/1973-09/01/1987  
 

Non-Tenure Track Appointments
Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Warwick, England, 01/01/1972-01/01/1973  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Baxendale studies diffusion processes, stochastic differential equations, stochastic flows of diffeomorphisms, stability and equilibrium behavior for random dynamical systems and stochastic bifurcation theory. His work also focuses on stability, statistical equilibrium and bifurcation theory for stochastic differential equations.
 

Publications

Book Chapter
Baxendale, P. H. (1999). Stability along trajectories at a stochastic bifurcation point. pp. p. 1-25.. Stochastic Dynamics/Springer.
 

Journal Article
Baxendale, P. H. (2011). T.E. Harris's contributions to recurrent Markov processes and stochastic flows. Annals of Probability. Vol. 39 (2), pp. 417-428.
Baxendale, P. H., Greenwood, P. E. (2010). Sustained oscillations for density dependent Markov processes. Journal of Mathematical Biology. Vol. 63, pp. 433-457.
Baxendale, P. H., Mayberry, J. (2009). A Spectral Analysis of the Sequence of Firing Phases in Stochastic Integrate-and-Fire Oscillators. Stochastic Processes and Applications.
Baxendale, P. H., Dimitroff, G. (2009). Uniform shrinking and expansion under isotropic Brownian flows. Journal of Theoretical Probability. Vol. 22, pp. 620-–639..
Baxendale, P. H., Picas, M. (2007). Almost sure and moment Lyapunov exponents for a stochastic beam equation. Journal of Functional Analysis. Vol. 243, pp. 566-610.
Baxendale, P. H. (2005). Renewal theory and computable convergence rates for geometrically ergodic Markov chains. Annals of Applied Probability. Vol. vol 15 (2005), pp. pp 700-738.
Baxendale, P. H. (2004). Stochastic averaging and asymptotic behavior of the stochastic Duffing-van der Pol equation. Stochastic Processes and Their Applications/Elsevier. Vol. vol 113 (2004), pp. pp 235-272.
Baxendale, P. H., Liptser, R., Chigansky, P. (2004). Asymptotic stability of the Wonham filter: ergodic and non-ergodic signals. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization/SIAM. Vol. vol 43, pp. pp. 643-669..
Baxendale, P. H., Goukasian, L. (2002). Lyapunov exponents for small random perturbations of Hamiltonian systems. Annals of Probability. Vol. vol 30, pp. pp. 101-134..
Baxendale, P. H. (1994). A stochastic Hopf bifurcation. Probability Theory and Related Fields/Springer. Vol. vol 99, pp. pp. 581-616..
 

Proceedings
Baxendale, P. H. (2005). Random sources and sinks for stochastic dynamical systems. Proceedings of ENOC-2005, Fifth EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference/Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Baxendale, P. H. (2003). Lyapunov exponents and stability for the stochastic Duffing-van der Pol oscillator. pp. p. 125-135. IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics (N. Sri Namachchivaya and Y.K. Lin, eds)/Kluwer Academic Publications (Kluwer).
Baxendale, P. H. (1991). Invariant measures for nonlinear stochastic differential equations. pp. pp. 123-140. Lyapunov Exponents. Proc. Oberwolfach 1990 (L. Arnold, H. Crauel and J.-P. Eckmann eds)/Springer.
 

Honors and Awards
Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1993  
Rollo Davidson Prize, University of Cambridge, 1987  
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Member of the editorial board, Stochastics and Dynamics, 2001-2008  
 

Professional Memberships
Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1989-  
American Mathematical Society, 1987-  
London Mathematical Society, 1972-  
 
 
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